The Lake District
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Kate & the Hiking Society
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Kate & the Hiking Society
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In November 2005 I ventured away from Leeds for the Day to go to the Lake District with the Leeds University Hiking Society. I had attempted to make the walk the week before but 7.30 am after a night out was not possible. This time however I was prepared, or so I thought!! After almost collapsing from exhaustion I finally reached the top of Old Man and nearly got blown off with the sheer strength of the gale blowing. I'm only small you know! Old Man is a mountain of over 800m and all of it seemed straight up! The exhaustion was worth the views but I think it nearly took me till Christmas to recover!! I felt sorry for the rest of the group who I was slowing down but I regained my energy levels by the time we were going down again and I managed to beat everyone to the pub :o) |
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| Me at the top of Old Man | A view of the estuary south of Old Man | Kate & I celebrating my survival! |
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| I loved the views here | I was WELL back from the front on the hike up! | It was really cold up on the ridge. I was glad of my new, warm coat! |
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| Notice anything in the dip between the mountains? | It's actually the Sellafield Nuclear Processing factory blighting the beautiful view :o( | We walked through grass & snow - all in one day |
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| We did actually start walking from the bottom of the mountain | Even the sun liked this view of the estuary | I'm usually not great with heights but I had to lean over the edge of the ridge to get a photo of this tarn |
